Chapter 9 - The Doctor Gave Me One Last Chance—And Lucy Sat Beside Me While I Chose LifeThe experimental treatment began.
It was brutal.
There were days I couldn't stand.
Days I couldn't talk.
Days I wanted to quit.
Lucy stayed.
She drew pictures.
She put them beside my hospital bed.
One showed me with hair.
Another showed me without hair.
Another showed me standing beside her.
Above it she wrote:
MY DAD.
I kept that picture.
Three months later, Samuel reviewed my scans.
He stared at the screen.
Then he smiled.
“Vincent.”
I looked at him.
“What?”
“The tumor is shrinking.”
I laughed.
Then I cried.
Lucy hugged me.
“Are you dying?”
I shook my head.
“Not today.”
She smiled.
“Good.”
The treatment continued.
Six months later, the cancer was in remission.
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Samuel called it a miracle.
I called it Lucy.
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